This document provides a summary of a lecture on digital literacies for the digital age given by Professor Mike Keppell at the National University of Singapore. The lecture covered several topics including trends in digital technologies and learning, new types of students and their relationship with technology, different models of digital literacies, and the need for new mindsets to teach and learn in a digital world. It emphasized skills like creating and sharing content, connectivity between learners, and personalizing learning spaces and emphasized the changing nature of literacy and need for diverse literacies.

1. Digital Literacies:
Knowledge, Skills and
Attitudes for a Digital Age
EiRP-Ruth Wong Memorial Lecture on Education
University Hall Auditorium
National University of Singapore (NUS)
4 October 2013
Professor Mike Keppell
Executive Director
Australian Digital Futures Institute
Director, Digital Futures - CRN
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2. Guiding words...
n “A reminder and challenge....to
examine and re-examine the
ends and means of
education...” (Ho Wah Kam,
1995, p.v)
n Emphasis on holistic teaching
in student education (Wong
Hee-Ong, 2013, p.47)
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Moebius strip
If an ant were to crawl along the
length of this strip, it would return to
its starting point having traversed the
entire length of the strip (on both sides
of the original paper) without ever
crossing an edge (Wikipedia).
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3. Foreshadowing...
n “With the development of
educational technology
other methods than the lecture
could be used to enrich
classroom teaching” (p.27)
n Quality... ”will involve changes
and improvements in
instructional approaches and
methods besides those in
physical facilities” (p.26)
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4. Research Futures
n “Concerning educational
research, it was important
from the start to obtain the
services of those who had not
only some training abroad
but had thought through
local problems and issues
and were sensitive enough to
select the right problems
for attention” (p.32)
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5. Overview
n Background
n Digital future
n Digital literacies landscape
n ADFI digital literacies
n New mindsets
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6. Design
Educational
Technology
Innovation Solving real-
world problems
Authentic
learning
interactions
Transformation
Leadership
Background
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7. Digital Future
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8. Horizon Report
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9. Trends
‣ People expect to be able to work, learn, and
study whenever and wherever they want.
‣ The abundance of resources and
relationships will challenge our educational
identity.
‣ Students want to use their own technology
for learning.
‣ Personalisation - learning, teaching, place
of learning and technologies
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11. New Generation Students
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12. Rapport with technology
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13. Student-
generated
content (learner-
as-designers)
Connected
students (knowledge
is in the network)
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14. Owning the Place of Learning
rapport
with
technology
mobile
generate
content
personalise
connected
adapt
space to
their needs
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15. Digital Literacies
Landscape
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16. http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/
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17. Europe - Digital Agenda
Scoreboard 2012
n 73% of EU 27 households had access to the internet
n A lack of skills is the second most important
reason for not having access to the internet
n Only 53% of the labour force - confident that
they had sufficient digital skills to change jobs.
n Age, gender, and education remain the key
challenges. Older people, women, those with lower
levels of education tend to have lower level digital
skills.
n http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/sites/digital-
agenda/files/scoreboard_digital_skills.pdf
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18. mp3 2009-2014
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19. 2010, Ministry of Education, Singapore
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20. 2011, Ministry of Education, Singapore
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21. UNESCO ICT Competency
Framework for Teachers
n Technology literacy -
learn more effectively
n Knowledge deepening -
apply to real-world
problems
n Knowledge creation -
create new knowledge
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http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/themes/icts/teacher-education/unesco-ict-
competency-framework-for-teachers/
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22. Literacy is a contested
concept
n Literacy is at present recognized to be a plural
and dynamic concept (p.9)
n Consider all literacies on a continuum...
n We demonstrate differing levels and uses of
literacy according to our environments and
needs.
n There is no single notion of literacy as a
skill which people possess (multiple
literacies).
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23. Literacy is a contested
concept
n There is currently no universally accepted
definition of media literacy, information literacy,
digital literacy, or even of “media” itself.
n ‘Digitally literate ...use new digital tools to engage
with the news and information ecosystem...
n The digital divide is much more than a ‘technology
access’ divide; without the skills to use the
technologies an even greater divide emerges – the
information literacy divide.
n http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/
unesco_mil_indicators_background_document_2011_final_en.pdf
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24. Wheeler Digital Literacies
n Social networking skills
n Transliteracy skills
n Maintaining Privacy
n Managing Identity
n Creating content
n Organising and sharing content
n Reusing/repurposing content
n Filtering and selecting content
n Self broadcasting
http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/what-digital-literacies.html
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25. Cognitive
Technical
Social-
Emotional
Information literacy
Critical literacy
Multi-literacies
Socio-emotional
literacy
Critical literacy
Operational
literacy
Critical literacy
Digital literacy
NG (2012)
Can we teach digital natives digital literacy? Computers & Education 59 (2012) 1065–1078
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26. Literacies
n Literacy is no longer “the ability
to read and write” but now “the
ability to understand
information however
presented.”
n Can't assume students have
skills to interact in a digital age
n Literacies will allow us to teach
more effectively in a digital
age (JISC, 2012)
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27. ADFI Digital
Literacies
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30. ADFI Major Projects
n Digital Futures - Collaborative Research Network
n Regional Universities Network (RUN) Maths and
Science Digital Classroom: A Connected Model
for all of Australia
n Aged Care Community, Education, Research &
training (ACCERT)
n Network of Australasian Tertiary Associations
(NATA)
n Making the Connection: Improving access to
Higher Education for Low SES Students with ICT
Limitations project
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31. Personalised Learning
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32. Personal Learning Spaces
‣ Integrate formal and informal learning
spaces
‣ Customised by the individual to suit their
needs
‣ Allow individuals to create their own
identities.
‣ Recognises ongoing learning and the need
for tools to support life-long and life-wide
learning.
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33. Connectivism
‣ Knowledge has changed to networks and
ecologies (Siemens, 2006).
‣ Need improved lines of communication in
networks.
‣ “Connectivism is the assertion that learning is
primarily a network-forming process” (p.
15).
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35. Spaces
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36. Spaces for Knowledge
Generation
n Physical, blended or virtual ‘areas’ that:
n enhance learning
nthat motivate learners
npromote authentic learning interactions
n Spaces where both teachers and students
optimize the perceived and actual
affordances of the space (Keppell &
Riddle, 2012).
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37. Physical Virtual
Formal Informal InformalFormal
Blended
Mobile Personal
Outdoor
Professional
Practice
Distributed
Learning Spaces
Academic
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38. Virtual Learning
Spaces
Blending - Affordances - Equity?
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39. Mobility
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40. Mobility
n Global mobility
n Mobility of people
n Technologies to support
mobility
n Adapting our teaching and
learning?
n Assessment?
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41. Undergraduate Students
and IT
n Monitors students
relationship with digital
technologies
n Portable devices are the
‘academic champions’
n 3x as many students used
e-books or e-textbooks
than in 2010
n Survey of 100,000 students
across 195 institutions
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42. Seamless Learning
Seamless learning
occurs when a
person experiences a
continuity of
learning across a
combination of
locations, times,
technologies or
social settings
(Sharples, et al,
2012).
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44. New Mindsets
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45. New Mindsets
n Privileging mobile learning and
teaching access
n Embedding digital literacies into
all aspects of curriculum,
learning, teaching and
assessment.
n Privileging diverse places of
learning as opposed to a
singular place of learning
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46. New Mindsets
n Assisting teachers and students
to develop their own
personalised learning strategy
n Privileging user-generated
content
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47. n“Each day brings
new questions and
insights. The teacher
is a perpetual
learner.....” (p. 22)
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Text*Beauty is in the
detail.....
*CHNG Huang Hoon, discussion
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Questions?
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